tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1812431336777691886.post1237852868960515842..comments2024-02-29T03:57:00.088-05:00Comments on The Mermaid's Tale: Are we too clean? The hygiene hypothesis and asthmaAnne Buchananhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09212151396672651221noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1812431336777691886.post-61869731784610851762011-02-09T10:53:17.477-05:002011-02-09T10:53:17.477-05:00Thanks for explaining for us, Anne!Thanks for explaining for us, Anne!Holly Dunsworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05260104967932801186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1812431336777691886.post-54891870383279504172011-02-08T13:43:27.254-05:002011-02-08T13:43:27.254-05:00Interesting, Ellen, thanks. I think a lot that pe...Interesting, Ellen, thanks. I think a lot that people thought they knew about childhood allergy and asthma is being turned on its head. <br /><br />I assume the allergy people at the NIH have considered the possibility of a confounding concurrence of peanuts as weaning food and helminth infection.Anne Buchananhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09212151396672651221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1812431336777691886.post-52305512173733060012011-02-08T13:38:38.465-05:002011-02-08T13:38:38.465-05:00This topic just came up yesterday on NPR's Tal...This topic just came up yesterday on NPR's Talk of the Nation. The NIH's allergy wing is evidently undertaking a study to directly determine if early exposure to allergens decreases likelihood of later allergies. They are focusing mostly on food, I believe, but the results may lead to broader testing and exposure. The discussants had some interesting anecdotal evidence based on countries where peanuts are made into weaning food and peanut allergies are virtually non-existent.EllenQhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04805375871164019260noreply@blogger.com